The Man Who Was Lucky

"The Man Who Was Lucky" is one of nine short stories written by Leslie Charteris and included in the twenty-first Saint book The Happy Highwayman published in 1939.

Plot
The Saint steps in to save the life of a murder witness who is marked for death by a gangster.

''Note: This is one of a handful of stories which Charteris attempted to update; the 1963 edition makes reference to the Atomic Age, a term not in use when it was first published in 1939. ''

Television adaptation
"The Man Who Was Lucky" was adapted as an episode of The Saint TV series starring Roger Moore and was first broadcast during the show's first season on 13 December 1962.